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US faces unemployment crisis amid record trade drop

More than 42 million people have been laid off since the coronavirus lockdowns began in the United States, and the May unemployment rate is set to rise even further

In further signs of the crisis facing the world's largest economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, new data Thursday showed a record plunge in US exports as layoffs exceeded 42 million.

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